- 6/30/2025
Carl, a former top-rated detective, is wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead. On his return to work, Carl is assigned to a cold case that will consume his life.
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00:00You
02:00Well, maybe she didn't want him to see her.
02:02But more likely, she fell overboard.
02:05Why do you say this?
02:06Because who plans a murder on a fucking ferry?
02:08Once you've done it, you're stuck.
02:11All right.
02:12All right.
02:13Let's say it wasn't planned.
02:14Let's say it was spontaneous.
02:15Let's say she pissed off some Ned in the queue for a paint
02:18and he chucked her over.
02:20Well?
02:21Someone would, of course, see this.
02:23Yeah, they would.
02:24And yet here's a crowded boat and not one person saw, heard anything.
02:28So short of she was beamed aboard the mothership,
02:32the most plausible theory is that she ran away from her life
02:35or less plausible, fell in by accident,
02:37albeit without anybody seeing or hearing it happen.
02:39Unless someone took her.
02:41They could overpower her, stop her from screaming.
02:43Yeah, but kidnapping of a ferry is all the same problems as murder,
02:46as well as posing the question of why the fuck would you go all the way out to sea to kidnap her?
02:49And why would you grab her up and not ransom her?
02:52This is true.
02:53There is no ransom.
02:54And if they simply wanted to kill her, there are much easier ways.
02:57But what if they made a mistake and killed her by accident?
03:02Four years later and no body is found.
03:05This is very strange.
03:06No.
03:07Hope I'm not interrupting.
03:11Oh, this isn't so bad, eh?
03:14It's nice and quiet down here.
03:16Relaxing.
03:16Mm, yeah.
03:17It's like a bloody health spa.
03:19I'm relieved to see your computers work in.
03:22You haven't answered any of my emails.
03:23I probably just went straight into my junk.
03:26Well, lucky for you, you've got an assistant from the world of IT.
03:30Perhaps he can help you.
03:31Of course, ma'am.
03:33I'm waiting for the report on your first case.
03:35Yeah, well, we're looking at about 8,000 options, so how's spring?
03:39You might remember that the government gave us a rather large sum of money to set this department up.
03:43When can we expect that large sum to trickle down?
03:46And they'd like to announce it to the press,
03:48but they can't until you're deciding a case.
03:50Well, they must be desperate to look like they're doing something.
03:52Well, at least someone is, Carol.
03:53It's a process.
03:55Right, a process.
03:56Does that involve nicking open files and logging unauthorized?
03:58Come on, Moira.
04:00Well, you don't give a shit about cold cases.
04:02You choose a case or get out of the building.
04:04Actually.
04:07Oh, for God's sake, Carol, are we 12?
04:09Yeah?
04:10We're 12.
04:11Detective Morg has just today found a very interesting case.
04:14I am surprised it doesn't mention it.
04:16Because Detective Morg has found many things that don't make sense.
04:19Yeah.
04:20Like, why are you opening your mouth?
04:23He thinks it could be deliberate, not suicide.
04:25Because there were no witnesses and nobody has ever been found.
04:28I don't think that is what I think.
04:31Merit Lingard.
04:32She was a blunt instrument, that one.
04:35Not unlike Detective Morg.
04:37Cheers.
04:37There was probably a very long line of people wanting her dead.
04:42Prosecutor goes missing.
04:44At the top of her game, they'll love it.
04:46At least give it a day or two.
04:50I don't know where it showers.
04:55Get the fuck out of here, Judas.
05:01I will go clean the bathroom.
05:02We're in the fucking bathroom!
05:16We've focused on the witness.
05:19Caroline Care.
05:20Have you got eyes on her?
05:23Not really.
05:24She's not been out much.
05:26Her mum does the shopping.
05:28Caroline takes her wee man out for a morning walk.
05:30Still, I'm not sure I've walked my kid around the same areas I was tagged as a witness for a murder.
05:35Maybe yours.
05:36Thank you for the, uh, as usual, keen insight, Carl.
05:39But now, if you'll leave us.
05:41She knows everyone who lives around there.
05:43Even the wrong ends.
05:43Maybe a few wrong ends.
05:44DCI Morg.
05:45Probably acquainted with the victim as well.
05:47States like that.
05:47Everyone knows everyone.
05:48You know this, hey?
05:50Because unlike you, I grew up in a place like that.
05:53We're watching her.
05:54She's not been seen with anyone else.
05:55They know you're watching.
05:57They're probably watching you watch her.
05:59She'll come through eventually.
06:01I could tell she wanted to help.
06:02What's the name of her kid?
06:03Hmm?
06:04You expect her to risk her life to help you, and you don't even know the name of her child.
06:13Are you here for a reason, or are you just bored downstairs in your basement?
06:17Because we're busy.
06:18Fergus Dunbar.
06:20What bill?
06:21I want to talk to him.
06:22Good luck with that.
06:23Was he transferred?
06:24He's in rehab.
06:25Really?
06:27Good for him.
06:28Some weird fucking church.
06:30When did this happen?
06:31Since he apparently lost whiskey and found Jesus.
06:34You were still at home.
06:37Recovering.
06:39Which weird fucking church?
06:41Which weird fucking church?
07:11Bungus.
07:15Mark.
07:17Don't worry.
07:19Just came by to pick your brain on an old case.
07:21Merit Lingard.
07:23Prosecutor.
07:24Went missing off a ferry four years ago.
07:26Yeah.
07:27I know who she is.
07:29I'm just wondering why you're talking to me about her now.
07:31Because I'm thinking about reopening the case.
07:38Guys.
07:38Why don't we all go and grab some lunch, eh?
07:42I made up some egg sandwiches.
07:46They're in the fridge.
07:50So far, in the last ten seconds, I've learned more about you than the eight years you were on the job.
07:54I may not have been the greatest officer.
07:56I've made some mistakes.
07:58But if you've came here to pin some cock up on me, fuck off.
08:02Now, that is not a very Christ-like thing to say.
08:04You see, I've taken responsibility for everything I did.
08:07This is about what you didn't do.
08:10I did everything I could to find her.
08:12I had divers in the water for weeks.
08:14I had officers from eight local authorities, all there's on the coastline, all looking for her.
08:20So you were there from the start?
08:23I was the one that interviewed all the passengers that day.
08:25And not just an air ferry.
08:27On the other boat on the water that day, too.
08:29But nobody saw anything, right?
08:31Apart from the brother, but...
08:34Well, that's a whole thing.
08:35The brother? Remind me.
08:36Did you even bother reading the file before he came over here?
08:40I read the bit where you arrested him.
08:43There was footage of the pair of them fighting.
08:45Our thinking was maybe he lost his temper, pushed her over, but there was nothing to back that up.
08:50Not to mention he had some, uh, issues.
08:53Even if he had given her a shove, that fall wasn't enough to kill her.
08:57Were there any other suspects?
08:58Come on, plenty.
09:00In her line of work, she had more enemies than we did.
09:05Nothing that stuck.
09:06And I always thought the brother was the key in all of this.
09:10He was the one and only witness that day.
09:14Farrah knows what happened to her.
09:16It was him.
09:18Law.
09:21Law.
09:23Subhanallah, Eladi.
09:25Subhanallah, Eladi.
09:26Subhanallah, Eladi.
09:28Ah-ah.
09:32The Lingard brother, what's his name?
09:34I'm Prey.
09:35No, no, I can see that.
09:36But this, this is a police station, not a mosque.
09:38What's his name?
09:40Astaghfirullah.
09:43William Lingard.
09:44Where is he?
09:45He lives at a treatment facility.
09:47Which one?
09:49Uh, it is called, uh, Egli House.
09:53Thanks.
09:53Perhaps, perhaps I should go with you.
09:55Thanks.
09:55Perhaps I should go with you.
09:56My daughters are always texting me videos of cats.
10:23I don't know why.
10:25I have two daughters.
10:27Nine and 11.
10:29Before this, I was home with them.
10:30But now, my youngest, she starts schools.
10:34They have Scottish accents.
10:36It's very cute.
10:37How long you lived there?
10:39Almost 10 years.
10:41Why, Edinburgh?
10:41They needed doctors.
10:43My wife, she was a surgeon in Syria.
10:45You went for the police?
10:48Yeah.
10:51It's the next exit.
10:52I don't think we're supposed to park here.
11:13I could have saved you the drive up here.
11:26We don't allow Mr. Lingard to see visitors.
11:29And even if we did, he wouldn't be much use to you.
11:32Well, I'm aware of his condition and I can handle it sensitively.
11:36I very much doubt that.
11:37The last time the police tried to interview him, they insisted on prodding him for hours,
11:41despite it being obvious he had nothing to give them.
11:43Well, as in any profession, not all my colleagues are equal incompetence.
11:48Your colleagues traumatised him, left him even more withdrawn.
11:51And for what?
11:54He had nothing to do with his sister's disappearance, nothing at all.
11:57Well, we're in agreement, but he was the last one to see her alive, so I'd love to have the conversation.
12:04It wouldn't be much of one.
12:06William suffers from aphasia.
12:08Which is?
12:08In layman's terms, the part of the brain responsible for a language, expression and comprehension has been damaged.
12:15He can't communicate.
12:16There was a time when he was capable of some interaction, though mostly non-verbal, of course.
12:21But in the last few years, he's regressed.
12:24He doesn't interact with anyone.
12:25What do you do all day?
12:26He draws.
12:27Drawers?
12:28Pictures.
12:28Of what?
12:29Whatever he fancies.
12:31There's no rhyme or reason to his subjects.
12:33Well, can I see them?
12:35No, you cannot.
12:36Hmm.
12:37As I said, there's nothing William can help you with.
12:39Well, he is a grown man, so he can decide for himself whether he wants to see me.
12:43He may be a grown man, but the decision is not his to make.
12:46Why is that?
12:47One of the many conditions of my bringing William here was that I would become his legal guardian.
12:51Why would you do that?
12:52It was the court's decision.
12:54Hmm.
12:54I'm considered a very safe pair of hands.
12:57My institute pays all of William's expenses, which are considerable.
13:01There's a tendency for those less scrupulous than myself to abandon patients like William when they're deemed hopeless.
13:09Is William hopeless?
13:10I like to think no one is hopeless, but he is helpless, and as such, unable to protect himself from an errant inquiry that may trigger him.
13:19You'll have to trust my judgment on this one.
13:21Oh, my dear Elise, don't tell me you forgot how many times did I ask you to check.
13:33Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm awarding a colleague at the Neurology Society luncheon this afternoon.
13:39I wasn't finished.
13:40If you need anything further, you can, of course, come back with the appropriate warrant.
13:44You make me come back here with a warrant in my pocket.
13:46It won't be just for him.
13:47It'll be for your financial records as well.
13:50Maybe we'll get the health department down here.
13:52Have a look around.
13:53Think I saw a rodent on the staircase?
13:56I don't know what you're alluding to, but your tone is appropriate.
13:59Whatever that means.
14:00It means I don't appreciate your feeble misuse of force.
14:02I don't give a fuck, which means I don't give a fuck.
14:06How lucky we are to have men like you out there on the thin blue line, patrolling our dangerous streets and keeping us safe from harm.
14:14Sometimes the streets aren't where the real danger is.
14:17Oh, yes, I understand.
14:19Feel free to search my office for weapons of mass destruction.
14:25I'm learning so much from you, sir.
14:54Are you sure?
14:55Yes, I'm very sure.
15:01You're welcome.
15:03Carl.
15:05Apparently there is someone who still comes for William.
15:09Wallace said he doesn't get visitors.
15:11She lied.
15:13I'm shocked.
15:14Well, they're not exactly visits.
15:17Maggie, the reception.
15:18Maggie?
15:21Maggie tells me there's a woman who comes once a week to bring William.
15:25Baked goods or jungle and so on.
15:28A woman?
15:29Mrs. Clare Marsh.
15:31She was the housekeeper.
15:32And William's carrier before Meredith's bill.
15:35Once a week?
15:36That's correct.
15:36So she's maybe not far?
15:39She's not.
15:40Only one of you here will be the sole survivor.
15:51How is it right now?
15:52You're on one front.
15:53Three.
15:54Hero.
15:56All your friends.
15:57And look to annoyance.
15:59And never want you.
16:00Three.
16:01Three.
16:02All your friends.
16:03Three.
16:04Two.
16:04Three.
16:17Two.
16:18Two.
16:19Doesn't seem to be anyone at home.
16:21The car is here.
16:22I hear something.
16:29I cry him.
16:37What the fuck?
16:45Sweat.
16:52Oh, I'm fine. Fuck off.
17:03Claire Marsh.
17:04Who are you?
17:05DCI Mork, and this is...
17:07Ackham.
17:08What are you doing out here?
17:10I just wanted to ask you a few questions about Merit Lingard.
17:12Have you found her?
17:13No, but I've got a few questions about her disappearance.
17:16A little late, don't you think?
17:17You took care of the brother?
17:19I did, but, uh...
17:21I haven't thought of either of them in years.
17:25Do you mean apart from the once a week
17:27that you visit William Eggly House?
17:35This is where you invite us in for tea.
17:38I'm very protective of William.
17:40I don't trust anyone when it comes to him.
17:42You've seen how miserable that place is,
17:44and that woman, a wretched cow.
17:46You know she's writing some fancy book about him.
17:49With any other family members to take him?
17:51It was only ever the two of them.
17:52He was in a council care home when Dr. Wallace found him.
17:55Not that one.
17:56That one.
17:58Found him?
17:59She heard about him,
18:00and wanted to study him at her private clinic.
18:04Sorry.
18:09Study him.
18:10It's a common enough disability, no?
18:12You don't know.
18:13Know what?
18:15William isn't disabled.
18:16Well, I suppose he is now, but he wasn't born that way.
18:19He had an accident when he was 16.
18:22Suffered serious head trauma.
18:24Milk.
18:25Oh, thank you.
18:25Yes.
18:27What sort of an accident?
18:28Merritt wouldn't talk about it.
18:29It was just one of those many things one didn't ask her about,
18:32but it's an injury that caused his problems with speech aggression and so on.
18:36Was he ever aggressive with Merritt?
18:37You better not be starting that nonsense about him pushing her overboard.
18:42They did fight on the ferry.
18:43They didn't fight.
18:44He shoved her.
18:47Help yourselves.
18:53William could sometimes get frustrated.
18:56Imagine being locked in your own head where you think you're communicating,
18:59and yet no one else can understand you.
19:01Sometimes you get confused.
19:03Lose his temper.
19:04He never meant any harm by it.
19:05Was he ever that way with you?
19:07Oh, that way.
19:08Violent.
19:09No.
19:10Never.
19:12Do you remember anything about the weeks before Merritt went missing?
19:14Anything strange about her behavior?
19:16No.
19:16That was a long time ago.
19:18Not that long.
19:24It's a normal week to me.
19:25Merritt was a bit on edge about a case.
19:27But every case set her on edge.
19:29She was very ambitious.
19:30The Graham Finch case?
19:32The one she lost?
19:33Yeah, thank you.
19:37And Graham?
19:38I couldn't say for sure.
19:39Just that she was always exhausted, working all hours, coming home late.
19:43Did she ever mention anything about receiving threats?
19:46No.
19:46But not that she'd ever tell me something like that.
19:48Merritt was a very private person.
19:50Most people didn't even know William existed until after she disappeared.
19:53Why keep him a secret?
19:55Not a secret, per se.
19:57So much is separate.
19:59There was this line between her work and her home.
20:02Anyone ever come round?
20:03Friends?
20:04Boyfriend?
20:05Girlfriend?
20:08Come round to that place.
20:10It was the middle of nowhere.
20:12Took me an hour to get there each way.
20:13The only person she had was me.
20:16And even so, she still never bothered to tell me they were going on a trip that day.
20:20I came to work and they were just gone.
20:23I saw the rest of the news like everybody else.
20:25You didn't like her much, did you?
20:28I mean, I must say she didn't sound that likable.
20:30Always tense.
20:31Keep secrets.
20:33Rude.
20:33No friends.
20:33And yet, you stay with the family for how long?
20:39Twelve years.
20:40For William.
20:42Not her.
20:43He needed me.
20:44You say in your statement that she couldn't have jumped off the boat.
20:48I only meant that if she had jumped off that boat, William would have jumped straight in after her.
20:52He would have done anything for her.
20:54Absolutely anything.
20:57Cold as she was, I can't accept that she'd leave him on his own like that.
21:02She wouldn't do that to him.
21:03She loved him.
21:08As far as I know, he was the only person she loved.
21:11I've seen too many cases like this.
21:15It's always there one day, gone the next.
21:22How many things did you find?
21:25Not enough.
21:31What?
21:32Mr. Mork, I'm very sorry to bother you.
21:34It's Louise here.
21:35Louise Eldridge.
21:37Who?
21:38Jasper's head teacher.
21:39Oh, yes.
21:40Um, Louise.
21:42Sorry, what's the problem?
21:43We haven't seen Jasper in school today.
21:45And we're wondering if you knew where he was.
21:47Yeah, he's at school.
21:54Jasper!
21:55Pearl's out.
22:10How long has this been going on?
22:12It's the third time in 20 minutes.
22:14Stamina.
22:15Kids harvest.
22:15I meant how long has he been skipping school?
22:18Well, I don't exactly follow him around.
22:22I should go in there.
22:23Doesn't sound like the best time.
22:24They don't want to talk to you.
22:36Teenagers.
22:36Oh, really, Martin?
22:37And you know this because of all your years of parenting experience, I suppose.
22:41Well, you're probably unaware that a teenage boy's frontal lobe isn't fully joined until he's 23.
22:46Which means that his decision-making and impulse functions aren't fully developed.
22:49I'm having a pretty strong impulse right now, Martin.
22:52Okay.
22:52I tried.
23:02Hi.
23:04It's...
23:04Come on.
23:06Are you going to introduce us?
23:09Uh, no.
23:11Where are you going?
23:23Um...
23:23Hell.
23:26Well, I'll see you there!
23:30Little shit.
23:34Oh, fuck.
23:36Oh, fuck.
23:37Oh, fuck.
23:38Oh, fuck.
23:39Oh, fuck.
23:39Oh, fuck.
23:40Oh, fuck.
23:41Oh, fuck.
23:42Oh, fuck.
23:43Oh, fuck.
23:44Oh, fuck.
23:45Oh, fuck.
23:46Oh, fuck.
23:47Oh, fuck.
23:48Oh, fuck.
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23:50Oh, fuck.
23:51Oh, fuck.
23:52Oh, fuck.
23:53Oh, fuck.
23:54Oh, fuck.
23:55Oh, fuck.
23:56Oh, fuck.
23:57Oh, fuck.
23:58Oh, fuck.
23:59Oh, fuck.
24:00Oh, fuck.
24:01Oh, fuck.
24:02Oh, fuck.
24:03Oh, fuck.
24:04Oh, fuck.
24:05How can I get the records of all Meritlinger's cases?
24:20Carl said to ask you.
24:22Me?
24:23Yes, we need them.
24:24We?
24:25We're currently investigating her mysterious disappearance four years ago.
24:28Yeah, I know the case.
24:30You're working on it with him?
24:32I'm assisting him, yes.
24:33Oh, he's up to something.
24:35Excuse me?
24:37Watch yourself.
24:38I don't...
24:39Carl just doesn't let someone like you assist him.
24:42Someone like me?
24:43Meaning what?
24:44Meaning someone not him.
24:47Ah, yes.
24:47He's a lone wolf, as they say.
24:49He's the fucking devil.
24:52If he's being nice to you, it's because he's using you.
24:54How do you know this?
24:55I was a junior on his old team before he, you know, got shot.
25:00Then what are you doing here?
25:01It really wasn't a big deal.
25:07What wasn't really a big deal?
25:09I had this minor issue.
25:13But I'm all good now.
25:15So.
25:20So, um, the records I'm requesting.
25:23Okay.
25:24Thank you so much.
25:25Hi.
25:39Hi.
25:39Hi.
25:40Too much.
25:47Oh, no, well, that's good.
25:51Actually, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment.
25:54This is about my caseload.
25:55I've been on the desk for a while now, and I think it's time that I got back out there.
26:00Now, I know what you're going to say, but I haven't had an episode in months.
26:04I'm taking my medication, keeping my head down like you asked.
26:07It's just not the right time.
26:08I hear all your conversations.
26:13I know you need the help.
26:14Yeah, but...
26:14Right, is it because I'm a woman?
26:17Seriously?
26:18Carl, who right now is mental as fuck, gets a whole department, which he doesn't even care about.
26:22That's different.
26:24I'm just asking for a chance.
26:26We can discuss it when things calm down.
26:28When do things ever calm down?
26:29Yep, okay.
26:38When do things ever calm down?
26:41Ready.
26:41So, what shall we talk about?
27:02How about how your best friend was shot in front of you, and you think that it's your fault?
27:06Fucking hell.
27:08You sound a lot less bored than you did last time.
27:10Is this some new kind of therapy?
27:14You took Hardy there.
27:16It wasn't your call out, and then you went inside without backup.
27:19Hardy went in with me.
27:20You were the senior officer.
27:22We were partners.
27:23I saw the body cam footage.
27:26You were yammering away, making jokes.
27:29What you call yammering, we call coping.
27:31Well, whatever you call it, you missed the guy in the kitchen.
27:33The first officer should have done it.
27:35He's dead and can't say what you did or didn't do.
27:38And it wasn't your first crime scene.
27:40So let's be blunt with one another, since you seem to prefer things that way and say what it was.
27:45A giant cock-up.
27:47One that left your best friend and partner partially paralysed, and you, what, grumpy?
27:55Seriously pissed off.
27:57Aren't you always pissed off at everyone?
27:59Because you're so much smarter.
28:02If you say so.
28:03You say so.
28:04And you say it often according to your file, which I've now read a little more carefully.
28:08I just don't find any of this helpful, if we're being honest.
28:11Then why did you come back?
28:13I was ordered to.
28:14You don't strike me as someone who pays much attention to such minutiae as orders.
28:18Maybe I just think you're pretty and I wanted to see you again.
28:21How about that?
28:21You weren't wearing that last time.
28:38That's the mistake you think you made?
28:47Um, regardless of my marital status, you can't say what you just said anymore.
28:53Well, I'm sure there's a hotline you can call.
28:55Oh, fuck.
29:00Sorry.
29:01Seriously.
29:04I hope you're really happy.
29:09I think, um, I think we're getting a bit off track.
29:13Were we ever on track?
29:14I don't know, maybe.
29:18Should we start again?
29:20Yeah, definitely.
29:21Okay.
29:25I'll go out and I'll come back in again.
29:32Oh, God.
29:32Look.
29:34There's really no need to...
29:36It'll clear the air.
29:37It'll clear the air.
29:40Okay.
29:46Okay.
29:46Okay.
29:46Okay.
29:55Okay.
29:56Okay.
30:01Okay.
30:02Okay.
30:02I love you.
30:24Who's this?
30:29Excuse me, Wes?
30:30Where's, where's the guy who's in this bed?
30:36You'll have to talk to the duty nurse.
30:38I just came home.
30:48Come on, get the fuck out of the way.
30:50Oh, shit, yeah.
30:51Sorry.
30:58One, three.
31:00One, two, three.
31:13Thanks.
31:17We'll leave you to visit with your friend.
31:20Whatever you've got in there, you're not to share it.
31:23Yeah, I never.
31:24It's about fucking early, don't you think?
31:32Why, just in time.
31:35You look like shite.
31:37Well, it's been a day.
31:38Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
31:45Came home and found Jasper shaking some girl from school.
31:47Yeah, for him.
31:50You want me to leave?
31:51It's up to you, mate.
31:53Okay.
32:01See you later.
32:22I'm sorry.
32:23I'll be nice.
32:28It's all right.
32:31I'm not alone.
32:32It looks like you're the first time.
32:34I'm sorry.
32:35This is the one.
32:36I'm sorry.
32:37It's all right?
32:38I'm sorry.
32:39I'm sorry.
32:41I'm sorry.
32:42If you're not about this, I'm something.
32:43Good morning, Medit.
33:11I hope you didn't think we'd forgotten you.
33:15Had you been gone, I haven't noticed.
33:18We've returned from our holiday.
33:21How lovely.
33:23Did shadow number two go with you?
33:25Aye. We were down by the seaside.
33:29Sand came out for a change.
33:31It was even warm enough to swim.
33:33And of course, the ice cream.
33:36It's a shame neither of you managed to drown.
33:39Sure you don't mean that.
33:41Or you could have just stayed where you were permanently.
33:45What I missed today.
33:48What's today?
33:50Today your birthday or something?
33:53Even better.
33:55It's the end of the month.
33:57And you know what that means.
34:01I get cake.
34:03That's the spirit.
34:14Ready when you are, Medit.
34:17Why are you here?
34:22Kirsty Atkins.
34:23What did you do to Kirsty?
34:27I put her in prison.
34:29Of course you did.
34:44Seven calls in three days.
34:46Someone must be getting on well with the POs.
34:50You said before that if I was willing to testify,
34:52you'd do what you could to help me.
34:55I said that before you wasted my time in court.
34:59But here we are.
35:00Aye, here we are.
35:02And there he is, out walking and talking per usual.
35:05Who are we talking about?
35:06Graham Finch.
35:07What about him?
35:09I saw you on the telly.
35:12Talking about him and it...
35:14Jogged some things loose.
35:17Such as?
35:18I'll need some assurances.
35:20Really?
35:22Suspend my sentence.
35:23Kirsty, no disrespect.
35:25But open your eyes.
35:27You're sitting in a cage in your prison jammies.
35:29Do you honestly think you have any kind of leverage at the moment?
35:32I knew the wife.
35:35Okay.
35:36Well, let's just start with that.
35:38Once you tell me that I'm getting out of here,
35:40I'll tell you all about how I met her at a women's age refuge two years ago.
35:45Christy, I'm not doing this again.
35:46If you've got something to tell me,
35:47can you get it out with so I can get back to the fresh air
35:50and you can get back to cotton smack and shagging the screws?
35:53I'm clean eight months now.
35:55You want a hug?
35:56I'm just saying, bitch.
35:58I was baked 24-7 when I got grabbed.
36:01I mean, had you asked me what my name was back then,
36:03I would have said Princess Margaret.
36:05But now, with all that paste out my system,
36:08I don't fucking recognise that person anymore.
36:11I just want to start over.
36:16Get myself right.
36:25You would have to testify in open court.
36:27Whatever I have to do after you get me out of here.
36:33I can't do that until you testify.
36:36In the meantime, I'll probably get you into protective confinement.
36:41PC.
36:42That's basically solitary.
36:44Why the fuck would I do that?
36:45I don't know, Kirsty.
36:46Maybe you're conscious of...
36:47You fucking cunt!
36:48You fucking cunt!
36:49You fucking cunt!
36:50I'll kill you!
36:51And you didn't help her, did you, Merit?
36:53No.
36:54Why didn't you help poor Kirsty?
36:55I thought she was lying.
36:57Merit!
36:58She told me she was in serious trouble and...
37:00I just left her there.
37:01I just left her there.
37:02I don't know.
37:03Why didn't you help poor Kirsty?
37:05Why didn't you help poor Kirsty?
37:07I thought she was lying.
37:09Merit!
37:10She told me she was in serious trouble and...
37:12I just left her there.
37:15I could have helped her.
37:18Yes, you could have.
37:19Feels good though, doesn't it?
37:20To get it all out.
37:22Do you realize she's not?
37:24I do.
37:25I do.
37:26I do.
37:27I do.
37:28I do.
37:29I do.
37:30I do.
37:31I do.
37:32I do.
37:33I do.
37:34I do.
37:35I do.
37:36I do.
37:37I do.
37:38I do.
37:39I do.
37:40I do.
37:41I do.
37:42I do.
37:43I do.
37:44Do you realise just how vile you were?
37:47And that now you're the one who needs to pee.
37:56It does feel good.
38:00It feels very good.
38:03That's a good last minute.
38:11Really, so is that it?
38:14Is she dead?
38:17Is what it?
38:20This has all been about Kirsty Atkins.
38:23Are you her sister or something?
38:31Are you fucking kidding me?
38:33Are you fucking kidding Merit?
38:37Bravo Merit.
38:39That was quite the performance.
38:41She was in particular nice touch.
38:43So real.
38:46What about George Ovenden then?
38:49Finn McBain?
38:51Connor Campbell?
38:52Oh come on you guessed him two years ago.
38:56Don't stop them.
38:57I don't know.
38:58Will you just kill me and be done with it?
39:00I would rather die than play any more of these fucking games.
39:04So you've said.
39:05Many, many times.
39:08But you don't really mean it.
39:11Fuck if I don't mean it.
39:12If you really wanted to die, you'd have stopped eating a long time ago.
39:18You'd have found a way to kill yourself.
39:21I really would have enjoyed watching that.
39:24You can't keep me in here forever.
39:28Hi, you've reached Victoria.
39:30Please leave a message.
39:32Hey.
39:33I don't know why I'm calling.
39:36So you might remember that I got shot in the head a few months ago.
39:40I'm fine obviously.
39:41No big deal.
39:43What have you called?
39:44What have you called?
39:45Ah, Jasper.
39:51Jasper's the same old Jasper I mean.
39:54Hates my fucking guts.
39:55I think he hates everyone's fucking guts actually.
40:00Except for the girl he's been shagging.
40:03Yeah.
40:04That's happening.
40:09Hasn't been to school another week.
40:14I know he said that he was going to be better off with me.
40:26But I think I'm better off alone.
40:30Akram?
40:32I'm not sure I'm in the right place.
40:38I'm gonna go with probably not.
40:40D.C.I. Mork.
40:44Yeah?
40:47Steven Burns.
40:50I was met at Lingard's supervisor.
40:54Back then.
40:56Ah.
40:58What can I do for you?
41:00I understand you're reopening the case and I just wanted to introduce myself.
41:05That was very nice to be.
41:06I imagine at some point you're gonna have questions.
41:11Actually I've got a few right now.
41:13Can I just ask you something?
41:15Yeah.
41:17Why choose Merit as your first case?
41:20It just jumped out.
41:22You know one of those cases you take one look at and you go...
41:25Oh.
41:27Just screams all wrong.
41:28Really?
41:30I see.
41:31Why don't the two of you try and case just before she's to spoon?
41:35Yeah.
41:36Graham Finch.
41:37Yeah.
41:38Guy chucked his wife out of the window.
41:40Down the stairs.
41:44They were drunk.
41:46And she had just told them she was leaving him.
41:50Oh.
41:52Well I bet she wanted to get him though, huh?
41:54Oh.
41:55We did.
41:57Well we all did.
41:59Yeah but you lost that one.
42:01Well the jury went against us.
42:03It happens.
42:04Well not to her.
42:06I mean I've seen her records.
42:07She wasn't exactly prone to losing.
42:09No.
42:10No she wanted to go straight back after him.
42:12Charge him again with culpable homicide.
42:15Would you say it damaged though, Kirill?
42:18Quite the opposite.
42:21You should easily have my job by now.
42:28You're doing what a good advocate does.
42:32What's that then?
42:34Asking questions you already know the answer to.
42:37Yeah but you're not on trial.
42:38Still I feel as if I need a lawyer.
42:41Well.
42:43I got one of those personalities that makes everyone feel that way.
42:48Tell me.
42:50Why did you tell the police that you thought Mary had taken her own life?
42:55There's one I don't know the answer to.
42:58He got away.
43:00She couldn't let it go.
43:02I...
43:03I just don't think it was in her nature.
43:05She had a...
43:11A dark side you know.
43:19Do you think there's a possibility?
43:22She's...
43:24Still out there.
43:28No.
43:29I don't.
43:31But I mean anything's possible.
43:34Sir.
43:36They want you upstairs.
43:38For what?
43:39Excuse me.
43:41I didn't mean to keep you.
43:43I should be up there too.
43:45If you need me you know where to find me.
43:47Oh yes, yes indeed.
43:50Why are you interrupting?
43:51And what the fuck are you talking about?
43:54There's a press conference.
43:56There's a what?
43:58Oh, you're late.
44:01You could have shaved.
44:03Where's your tie?
44:04Can we get my tie?
44:05And a coat?
44:07Can't go out like this.
44:09Lydia Brown, press liaison.
44:10Use your statement.
44:11You'll be following the superintendent.
44:13Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.
44:14Just read it.
44:15You'll be fine.
44:17Moira.
44:22Hello everyone.
44:23Thank you for coming today.
44:24I'll just make a brief statement.
44:27My name is Detective Chief Superintendent Moira Jacobson.
44:31Following the successful outcome of the Windley case up in Aberdeenshire,
44:36we are here today to announce a new department we're establishing within the Specialist Crime Division.
44:41aimed specifically at tackling unsolved murders and other serious crimes that warrant renewed investigation.
44:49They'll be given every available resource and the chance to work directly with local prosecutors and the police all across the country
44:58to bring criminals who thought they'd evaded the law to justice.
45:01At the helm of this new department will be our very own Detective Chief Inspector Carol Mork,
45:08who's here to share more details.
45:11Carol.
45:23Good afternoon.
45:26Four years ago we lost a champion for justice.
45:29Someone whose tireless dedication to the truth put countless criminals behind bars.
45:37Her disappearance was felt keenly by those closest to her as well,
45:42as by her colleagues in the Crown Office,
45:44and so it feels fitting that Merit Lingard's case is the first that we will be reopening.
45:50We're determined to find what happened to her,
45:54and to do that we're asking for your help.
45:57Merit was last seen on the Buried of War,
46:02the afternoon of Monday the 27th September 2021,
46:06which is a great jumper with green coat and blue jeans.
46:10We're asking anyone who might have seen or remembered anything from that time
46:14or has any information about Merit, please come forward now.
46:17Any detail, no matter how small, could be crucial to us finding.
46:19Merit, and, uh, and, and, and, uh, bringing her home. Thank you.
46:25Detective!
46:27Has there been any new evidence around the case that's led to this reopening?
46:31Can you repeat the question, please?
46:33Has there been any new evidence around the case that's led to this reopening?
46:37I can't, I can't, uh, disclose that kind of information.
46:40Do you believe Merit Lingard could still be alive today?
46:43Well, we certainly haven't ruled out any possibilities.
46:45Are you any closer to finding the man that shot you, Officer Anderson, and James Hardy at Leif Park?
46:50I'm not involved in that, uh, investigation.
47:00Dennis Piper's got his telegraph.
47:01Can you tell us if it's true that you and D.I. Hardy knew the victim, Archie Allen,
47:07and that he was a paid, confidential informer
47:11that knew a lot about a law of police personnel?
47:14Who told you that?
47:15No more questions.
47:16No, no, who told you that?
47:17No more questions. Thank you.
47:18Is this just a distraction?
47:20That's all. Thank you.
47:21Thank you, everyone.
47:27Now, as the Chief Superintendent from DCI market just said,
47:33four years ago, we lost a champion of justice.
47:39Merit Lingard devoted her work to finding out the truth.
47:50Hello?
47:51Hello?
48:03Hello?
48:04Hello?
48:05Hello?
48:06Hey, oh!
48:07That's right.
48:08I'll never know you.
48:09Hey.
48:11Did you know you'd be polkid, you were away from me?
48:13I can't imagine.
48:15Whoa.
48:16Did you know how you hit that?
48:22You mean desperately?
48:23I know you're an awful person.
48:25Oh, it's definitely not bad.
48:27Oh, God.
48:57Oh, God.
49:25Just breathe.
49:26Oh, Colum's gonna be having a heart attack.
49:28No, you're not having a heart attack.
49:30Just breathe.
49:32Slow.
49:33Oh, fuck off.
49:34Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
49:36Relax. Sit down. Sit down.
49:40Breathe. Control your breathing.
49:42Slow.
49:44Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
49:54Come.
49:55and I'm praying
50:01don't interrupt me
50:03okay
50:25well I got no direction but I got two feet
50:39they carry me to work and carry me to sleep
50:43but I think I'm heading nowhere that's just how I feel
50:48this ain't a road I'm walking it's a hamster wheel
50:52well it's the same damn day over and over
50:56waking in the morning when the sun ain't shining
51:01it's the same damn day over and over
51:05waking in the morning when the sun ain't shining
51:09I hear Gabriel strumming over and over
51:14head out in the morning cause I ain't yet done
51:18head out in the morning cause I ain't yet done
51:23you
51:26yeah
51:26yeah
51:30yeah
51:32yeah
51:36yeah
51:39yeah
51:44yeah
51:44.
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